President Trump’s “Rescission” Executive Order - Foley & Lardner LLP
Among the executive orders issued by President Trump on January 20, 2025, was one titled Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions (the “Order”).
The Order’s stated purpose is to retract what it describes as the “deeply unpopular” and “radical” practices of President Biden. The Order specifically calls out the “injection of diversity, equity and inclusion” and states that such measures have corrupted our institutions by replacing “hard work, merit and equality.”
With that as preface, the Order goes on to list numerous prior executive orders that it is specifically revoking. Among them are:
- Executive Order 13985 of January 20, 2021 (Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government);
- Executive Order 13988 of January 20, 2021 (Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation);
- Executive Order 13993 of January 20, 2021 (Revision of Civil Immigration Enforcement Policies and Priorities);
- Executive Order of 13999 of January 21, 2021 (Protecting Worker Health and Safety); Executive Order 14020 of March 8, 2021 (Establishment of the White House Gender Policy Council);
- Executive Order 14031 of May 28, 2021 (Advancing Equity, Justice, and Opportunity for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders);
- Executive Order 14055 of November 18, 2021 (Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers under Service Contracts); and
- Executive Order 14075 of June 15, 2022...
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